Combined soap and razor blade receptacle



May 15, 1956 J. PROFFITT COMBINED SOAP AND RAZOR BLADE RECEPTACLE FiledAug. 25, 1953 (gag 5. 2.

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Application August 25, 1953, Serial No. 376,427

1 Claim. (Cl. 45-28) This invention relates generally to toilet articlesand is directed particularly to improvements in soap trays or dishes.

The present invention has for an object to provide an improved soap dishor soap receptacle which may be used in the bathroom, kitchen or otherlocality where cake soap is commonly used, and which is designed toeffect the quick or rapid drainage of water from the soap cake so that aminimum amount of the soap will be dissolved and run off after the cakehas been used, thereby not only lengthening the life of the cake of soapbut leaving it in a clean and substantially dry condition for the nextuse, either by the same person or by other persons.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved soap dish orreceptacle having a drawer or tray as a part thereof which is formed toprovide a separate or individual receptacle which may be used for theconvenient temporary disposal of safety razor blades, the structurebeing so designed that the blade receptacle can be opened for theinsertion of a used blade without having to draw out or remove thedrawer part of the structure into which pass the drippings from the soapcake.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent asthe description of the same proceeds and the invention will be bestunderstood from a consideration of the following detailed descriptiontaken in connection with the accompanying drawings forming a part of thespecification, with the understanding, however, that the invention isnot to be limited to the exact details of construction shown anddescribed since obvious modifications will occur to a person skilled inthe art.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a view in top plan of the combined soap dish and used razorblade receptacle of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 22 ofFigure 1.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 33 ofFigure 1.

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 44 ofFigure 1.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing the numeral generallydesignates a housing which com prises the bottom wall 12, the back wall14, and side walls 16.

As shown in Figure 2, there is no front wall to the housing, thusproviding an entrance opening into which can be introduced the drawerstructure which is generally designated 18. I

Extending along the top edge of the back wall and along each of the sidewall top edges are the inwardly and downwardly directed flanges 20 and22 respectively and disposed transversely of the housing between theside walls at the front of the housing is a wider inwardly anddownwardly disposed apron 24 which is joined to the side flanges 22 asillustrated in Figure 1. The inner edges of the flanges 20 and 22 and ofthe apron 24 lie in a common horizontal plane and provide an opening 26in the form of a frame and extending transversely across this opening inspaced parallel relation are bars or wires 28 which are secured at theirends to the free edges of the side wall flanges 22 as shown most clearlyin Figure 3, where the welding of the ends of the bars to the" flangesis indicated by the reference character 30.

The drawer 18 is of a height slightly less than the height of the spacefrom the bottom 12 to the bars 28 and, as shown, the drawer comprisesthe bottom 31, the front and back walls 32 and 33 respectively and theside walls 34.

The length of the drawer is equal to the full length of the bottom 12 ofthe housing so that a portion of the drawer at the front lies below andis covered by the inclined apron 24- and extending transversely of thedrawer between the side walls 34, in the vertical plane of the loweredge of the apron 24 is a partition wall 35 which divides the drawerinto a small forward compartment 36 and a larger rear compartment 37.

The top edge of the wall 35 is provided with a number of apertures 38 ineach of which is engaged a hinge ring 39 and these hinge rings areengaged in apertures 40 formed along one longitudinal edge of a lid orcover 41 for the compartment 36. This lid or cover has a centralforwardly projecting ear portion 41a which facilitates the lifting ofthe lid so that used razor blades may be dropped into the compartment 36without having to pull out the drawer 18. It will be seen that theinclination of the apron 24 is such that the front edge of the lid 41can be raised sufficiently to permit this.

To facilitate the withdrawal of the drawer 18 the front wall 32 isprovided with the handle loop 42 as illustrated.

Where it may be desired to secure the soap receptacle to a supportingwall, the back wall 14 of the receptacle is provided with the twoapertures 43 through which may be passed securing screws or the like. I

From the foregoing it will be apparent that there is provided by thepresent invention a novel sanitary soap receptacle which is so designedthat it can be economically constructed and which also provides a safeand convenient means for temporarily disposing of used safety razorblades where they can be kept until permanent disposition can be made ofthe same.

I claim:

In a receptacle for soap and razor blades, a rectangular hollow bodyhaving bottom, side, back end and top walls, and an open front end, saidtop wall having an open depressed portion spaced inwardly from its sideand front and back edges, the portions of the top wall bounding saiddepressed portion being outwardly and upwardly inclined and connectingthe topedges of the side and back end walls, a plurality of uniformlyspaced soap supporting bars extending transversely across the depressedportion, a drawer housed within said body, a partition extendingtransversely within the drawer adjacent the front end of the drawer toform a razor blade compartment, a lid for said compartment hingedlyconnected with the top edge of said partition, the inclined portion atthe front end of said depressed portion having a width substantiallyequal to that of said compartment to provide a clearance to allowopening of the lid sufiiciently for the insertion of used razor bladesinto the compartment without drawer movement, and a pull loop, on thefront end of said drawer.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS756,761 Wood' Apr. 5, 1904 1,301,720 Long Apr. 22, 1919 1,853,808Greenwood Apr. 12, 1932 2,539,967 Padgett Jan. 30, 1951 2,660,313 JamesNov. 24, 1953

